Hey brothers ! Been off the site for a while. I need some help on my doors particularly the inland out adjustment of the door at the hinge.
I installed new weather strip on my 2000 f250. Ordered from amazon and it’s got 2 hollow tubes instead of the factory 1 hollow tube.
The doors are now very difficult to shut you really have to slam them good. I tried adjusting the strikers but after loosening the torx bolts they won’t move in or out at all, like they are non adjustable.
My biggest question and here is where I need the correct info... can the door at the hinge be adjusted inward and outward ? Reason being when looking at my driver door when shut prior to installing the new weather strip, when the door is closed where the seam or gap between the front of the door and fender meet the door sits further in than the fender. In theory if you could adjust the front of the door out away from the cab 1/8th of an inch it seems it would help with the added weather strip. It also seems the door at the hinge not being flush with the fender would not have come from the factory this way. Almost as someone has adjusted them before. I’ve had the truck since 2006 and never messed with anything but the po May have.
I know the additional tubing makes it tighter but the passenger door is flush with the fender and it’s not bad closing with the new weather strip. This is why I think something is out of adjustment.
I was able to find in another thread the upper 2 and lower 2bolts on the hinge at the door “ not at the cab” can be loosened which seems it would do what I want it to but would this make the door sloppy.
note there is no up or down play in any of the doors so all the hinge pins are good.
Here you can see the adjustment I’m referring to.

 

Yes, the doors can be adjusted at the hinge. Be careful though. Have someone or something ready to support the door when you loosen the hinge bolts.

 

Can some one explain how this particular adjustment works. I’m not loosening the hinge from the cab but the door from the hinge as shown in the photo above.
Not sure 🤔 how this would move the door out ward by loosening the bolts the re torque them as described in the in diagram

 

Hmmm, I loosened the bolts at the cab when I did mine, not the door.

Think about it though. When the door is shut, both plates of each hinge are parallel to each other. With the door bolts loose and the door open, slide the door towards the front of the truck relative to the hinge. That will get our door to move outwards away from the cab.